J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ardtornish Castle, Sound of Mull 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ardtornish Castle, Sound of Mull’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 81 Verso:
Ardtornish Castle, Sound of Mull 1831
D26596
Turner Bequest CCLXX 81a
Pencil on white wove paper, 201 x 125 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘JMW Turner’ lower centre, ‘10 [...]’ lower centre right, and ‘Loch G[...]’ bottom
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The dozen or so sketches across this page and folio 82 (D26597) are of Ardtornish Castle on the Morvern Coast of the Sound of Mull. Read across the two pages from top left to bottom right, the sketches record Turner’s journey north up the Sound of Mull on his way from Oban to Skye. The sequence therefore begins on folio 82, with two sketches of the castle from the south which are continued at the top of the present page. Third and fourth down are views from the south, made as Turner got close to Ardtornish Point. These continue on folio 82. There is also a small and more distant view of the promontory and castle at the lower centre of the page. The bottom two sketches show the castle from the north, Turner having passed Ardtornish Point. This sketch appears to be inscribed ‘Loch Ghia’, though this is Loch Aline.
For further information about Turner’s sketches of Ardtornish Castle see folio 82.

Thomas Ardill
June 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ardtornish Castle, Sound of Mull 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ardtornish-castle-sound-of-mull-r1135030, accessed 25 April 2024.